Tour of one of the oldest stations on the west coast

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Tour of one of the oldest stations on the west coast - KNX 1070

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@LordHeadcheez Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting! I'm not from CA, but I work as a truck driver and Jennifer York is my lord and savior whenever I need to drive in the L.A. area and she has saved the day on many occasions.

@kensantarelli2013 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up listening to KNX in the 90s, when my dad and I would travel from our home in Lancaster to Downtown LA. In early March 2020, I was on Easter Island, and around 3am, I was out driving around in a rental car, looking for a convenience store for some place to buy some water or something. Sadly, there were none to be found at that hour. So, I drove my rental car down to the beach and scanned across the AM radio and I was able to identify 3 stations; 690 out of Tijuana, KNX 1070, and 1090 out of San Diego. That was really cool, and somewhat emotional, to catch during my near 2 year stint living in Chile, being far away and hearing echoes from home. As the former owner of WEGG 710 AM (now WKOO) in Eastern North Carolina, AM radio holds a special place in my heart. Thanks for the tour. Loved the video.

@TheBroadcastEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! As we start opening up a bit, we’ll be able to get some more facility tours.

@TheRenard10 Жыл бұрын

I was still 9 years old when I listened to KNX. I get that sentimentality when I think back on 1988. I also recall listening to it on one of my sisters' little AM/FM walkman.

@MrTechHistory Жыл бұрын

During my Navy days, I picked up KNX off the coast of Guam. I know folks who DX'd it easily in upstate NY on a cold winter night.

@wes5150. Жыл бұрын

Started to feel 'Uneasy' entering the 'Tuned Circuit' building 5:21 (Don't like to be around that much RF) Thanks for the video tour.

@TheBroadcastEngineer Жыл бұрын

That building was not energized at the time.

@wes5150. Жыл бұрын

@@TheBroadcastEngineer Thanks. I feel better already ! But still a little 'Creepy' to me.

@bobgrassoalsowelcomeharris8399 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for posting! I grew up in New York (Long Island) and could hear KNX After midnight (EST) on Sundays when most stations were off the air. Now I live in South Florida and can pick up KNX at times between 3:00 and 4:30 AM (EST), but it's a tough catch!

@jmontgomery1211 4 жыл бұрын

Simply put...major geek out!! Awesome video!

@TheBroadcastEngineer 4 жыл бұрын

I was geeking out too! It was very cool. Pretty tight in that building with about 30 people in there. I wish I could have mic’d it better with all the noise in the rooms.

@tomkoza4670 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful job Marcos, you captured the tour very well!

@TheBroadcastEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Koza thank you, Professor!

@HughTVDX Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine was in Tahiti on the beach with a radio and received KNX at local sunset.

@TheBroadcastEngineer Жыл бұрын

That’s pretty impressive!

@senorxrey6429 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent editing Marcos! A very informative video that everyone can relate to.

@TheBroadcastEngineer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The next one I need to mic it better.

@senorxrey6429 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBroadcastEngineer You did well considering the blower noise was deafening. Only having a couple of wireless handheld mics and someone operating a mixer could have helped.

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

If I were to do it again I’d do it differently and have a couple of cameras.

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

But thank you very much! It was a cool tour. Hopefully we can do more in the future.

@richard7crowley 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video tour. KNX 1070 was my favorite radio station back when I lived in the LA market. Now living in the Portland Oregon market where news/talk CBS-affiliate KXL 750 KHz AM switched to 101.1 MHz FM AM broadcast just ain't what it used to be. Back in early 1960s, I made a crystal set to receive CBS-affiliate KFMB 540 KHz AM (before the channel went back to Mexico). And I remember as a child visiting the transmitter of KGB 760 KHz . Seemed like 15-20 tall chrome and glass racks for 50KW. and six towers because of weird nighttime pattern. Also fascinating is the transmitter site video for KFI 640 KHz. And all the history with World War 2 and Conelrad, etc. They now have an ultra-efficient (90%) Nautel digital 50 KW transmitter.

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a plan to do one for KFI as well! Lots of moving parts to try to coordinate.

@ApartmentKing66 9 ай бұрын

KFMB used to be at 540? I always thought they were on 760. And I always thought KGB was at 1360. I suppose NARBA put them where they're now at.

@deloysterns 2 жыл бұрын

One of the station I grew up listening a lot to growing up in the 80s into the 90s.In addition to there famous nightly Old Time Radio Drama hour..

@deloysterns 2 жыл бұрын

I was regularly listening to KNX in the first grade in 1980..Back then Kmx also aired a lot of the CBS Radio live coverage of NFL and MLB games in addition to USC Football and Basketball

@galaxys8-ml 3 ай бұрын

Can you make a video where you hold something against an AM tower to see if it will play the broadcast? Or explain how that can happen?

@TheBroadcastEngineer 3 ай бұрын

That’s a super dangerous thing to do. I’ve seen that video and cringed at that. Basically the RF is electricity, but in that case it’s arcing. And since it is amplitude modulation you can hear it when something shorts on a tower. I’ll have an example of that on a fence in the next video.

@allen_steel1236 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if KNX is the older station come up KWG 1230 in Stockton california, shows to be the second oldest license west of the Mississippi River.

@Katanium Жыл бұрын

0:21 there are weird line on the video from the rf pay close attention to it

@TheBroadcastEngineer Жыл бұрын

Yes. That’s 50kW of RF. Pretty close to the tower base.

@pomonabill220 2 жыл бұрын

When I think of KNX, I remember the jingle "KNX connects.... KNX connects... KNX connects".

@danielecrini9898 2 жыл бұрын

uau uau uau !!!! So beautifull

@poly_hexamethyl Жыл бұрын

Interesting presentation and I enjoyed it, but I can't help wondering....why do radio engineers and hams always look like such dinosaurs? :-)

@TheBroadcastEngineer Жыл бұрын

It’s a field that is not able to fill its ranks. Kids are growing up with the digital side of things and not getting the physical skills needed. It’s a big problem in the industry. Managers are also a huge part of that. “Why should I pay you if everything is working?” It bites some stations in the backside eventually.

@disneydanny2 5 ай бұрын

so this wss the old studio before they moved to the Miracle Mile, correct?

@TheBroadcastEngineer 4 ай бұрын

This is their current transmitter site. I don't have any footage of the studio sites for them.

@kenenglish124 2 жыл бұрын

Tomorrow (12-08-2021) would be the 100th Anniversary of their sign-on. Today, they erased "AM 1070" from their branding, citing how terrible AM is, and how modern and cool FM is. It's now known as "News 97.1". I just listened to the celebratory broadcast....on 1070 Khz, here in Midvale, Utah. That's 588 miles from their tower, and was just as good as any FM station. Full-quieting during pauses in their audio, as they went in and out of newscasts. Now, if they are operating with MDCL, that would be even more amazing!!!

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

I missed the changeover today. Indeed, a station like this has amazing coverage. However, you have cars like Teslas that don't have an AM radio.

@richard7crowley 2 жыл бұрын

Tesla probably gave up on AM reception due to RFI from the motor control circuits and wiring.

@geebee7529 Жыл бұрын

Wait, what was that about faraday caged houses?

@TheBroadcastEngineer Жыл бұрын

Yep the houses next door to KNX 1070 are built with faraday cage like construction.

@waynewright2886 3 жыл бұрын

100 Years of KNX, September 10th 1920...September 10th 2020.

@bobbybaker8868 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@garysmith8455 2 жыл бұрын

Aaaaw man, I was hoping to see a pair of 'Johnny balls', or, at least an Austin ring transformer.....maybe another time ((O:

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

At 0:23 there's a shot of both. It's not mentioned, but that's a great idea for a topic of AM towers and those things.

@garysmith8455 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBroadcastEngineer Oh my goodness, how did I miss that?!? I was concentrating on the tower base and not the real 'goodies', sorry about that, and thanks for pointing that out, I surely went back to look and smiled ((O:

@TheBroadcastEngineer 2 жыл бұрын

No worries! I do that all the time. It's just more embarrassing when you're standing in front of it staring at it... as they say, "if it was a snake, it would have bit me."

@garysmith8455 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBroadcastEngineer HA HA! So correct (O: Enjoy the day, and stay out of RF's way ! (O;

@GeorgeLiquor 3 жыл бұрын

It's the same group of old guys in every single video on transmitter sites or antennas

@TheBroadcastEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

Not every video. I'm not that old... But it's a career that is still important but isn't as glamorous as something like IT. That's why young people aren't entering broadcast engineering as much.

@ApartmentKing66 2 жыл бұрын

Well, while you're off getting your diaper changed, George, be grateful these "old guys" are still around. The time is coming where *you're* going to be an "old guy" yourself.

@GeorgeLiquor 2 жыл бұрын

@@ApartmentKing66 I almost heard you shaking your fist as your grandson typed that for you